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Lego and Robotics Club
As part of an after school lego robotics program, the students will be challenged to design a lego piece that they feel will be useful in the construction of their robot. In order to complete their task, basic measurement will
... ContinuedMATE ROV Underwater Robot Competition
The Marine Technology Advanced Education (MATE) Center coordinates an international student ROV competitions and regional ROV contests for middle school, high school, home school, community college and universities. The students from Kealakehe High School under the direction of Lawrence
... ContinuedModeling a Centrifugal Compressor Wheel
This lesson is to be used as an in class exercise for students whom are taking a beginning SolidWorks course. Students will be exposed to curved surface modeling techniques along with elements of mechanical design. Furthermore, the product from this
... ContinuedSheet Metal Design
This exercise provide step-by-step instructions for students to explore sheet metal functionality. Sheet metal part are created in the 3D formed state and manufactured in the 2D flat state. Students work patterns, forms, and hems. Contributed by Mark Eilers,
... ContinuedLink Properites in the Title Block
This exercise will assist students in learning how to link properities and their values to text in a Title block. Understanding how properties such as mass and material in a part can be linked directly to the drawing is an
... ContinuedLearning Areas and Volumes
This lesson shows the importance of knowing an objects size in volume and area are practical things we use all the time. This lesson plan relates to actual circumstances. Students will receive mathematical practice in solving simple types of
... ContinuedFracture Mechanics
This lesson explores the use of SolidWorks and CosmosWorks to model and study fundamentals of fracture mechanics. This lesson will be part of Introduction to Material Science course taught at Sophomore/Junior Years at college level. The class will first find
... ContinuedScale Factor for Surface Area and Volume
This lesson is an exploration in the relationship between scale factor and surface area and volume in solids. In the first part students create three different areas to investigate scale factor. These sketches will then be used in the second
... ContinuedComparing the Size of the Hydrogen Atom’s Nucleus to its Orbital
This exercise will assist students in visualizing how little of the space occupied by an atom actually contains matter. This exercise will create a scaled model of the hydrogen atom with which students can zoom from an external view of
... ContinuedBoyle’s Law
Students learn to apply Chemistry (Boyle’s Law), Geometry (Volume of a cylinder), Algebra (Solving for unknown variables), Metric Units Conversion, Modeling Physical Parts and Assemblies Contributed by A. Lee Sumner. Lesson Plan: boyles_law
... ContinuedDesigning and Analzying a Trebuchet Throwing Arm
This lesson defines the following STEM concepts: Physics Concepts of the fulcrum design (examples – pivot point, counter weight and projectile weight), Engineering – Material strength and elasticity. Design concepts and problem solving, Math – Geometrical design and computation
... ContinuedTissue Box Cover
As a part of Engineering Week, students will have an introduction to SolidWorks. After a brief explanation of the SolidWorks environment and a teacher demonstration of some of the basic skills in working with SolidWorks, students will have the opportunity
... ContinuedExtrusions and Extuded Cuts
This lesson examines the extrusion of a cube then removes the material from each side using different geometrical shapes. Applications in basic math, algebra and drafting. Contributed by Gary Mills. Lesson Plan: solidworksextrusion_hatc2.doc Sample Parts: Cube1.SLDPRT ; Cube2.SLDPRT
... ContinuedModeling an Atom
This lesson develops the spherical and circular geometry utilized to create an atom with a nucleus and electrons in orbit. Students will create a sphere with multiple configurations to represent different elements of the atom. This original ideal was provided
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